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Part I - Other Considerations - Richmond Valley Council

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<strong>Richmond</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Development Control Plan 2012At the local level heritage is managed as:‣ Local Heritage—objects and places that were identified in a HeritageStudy that are of particular importance to the people of <strong>Richmond</strong> <strong>Valley</strong><strong>Council</strong> and considered to have significance for the cultural or naturalhistory of this local area—managed under the <strong>Richmond</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> LocalEnvironmental Plan 2012,‣ Aboriginal places of heritage significance—an area of land identifiedin an Aboriginal heritage study that is the site of Aboriginal objects, or anatural Aboriginal sacred site—managed under the <strong>Richmond</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>Local Environmental Plan 2012.An inventory of heritage items and conservation areas is contained withinSchedule 5 of the LEP and identified on the Heritage Map.The Department of Planning and Infrastructure has requested that noAboriginal items or Aboriginal Places of heritage significance be includedwithin the LEP until an Aboriginal Heritage Study has been completed andconsultation undertaken with the local Aboriginal community. Several sitesidentified within the Community Based Heritage Study have been withdrawnfor listing but will be reconsidered within a future Aboriginal Heritage Study.(2) Heritage Studies<strong>Richmond</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>Council</strong>completed a CommunityBased Heritage Study in2007 that consulted andresearched items andareas of heritagesignificance to thiscommunity. An inventoryof items and places wasproduced and this waswhittled down to ashortened list of itemshavingheritagesignificance. The Study was publicly exhibited and a final determination wasmade in 2008 to list items and a conservation area within the <strong>Richmond</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>LEP.The study commenced in 2005 with the aim of including Aboriginal culturalheritage but it was soon discovered that a separate study was needed forsuch a vast and complex subject. An Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Study hasbeen planned but not yet commenced due to budgetary constraints. However,this is a high priority within <strong>Council</strong>’s Community Strategic Plan.(3) <strong>Richmond</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Local Environmental Plan 2012Local Government’s primary role with heritage conservation is derived underthe Heritage Act 1977 and through heritage provisions contained within clause5.10 of the <strong>Richmond</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Local Environmental Plan 2012.<strong>Part</strong> I – <strong>Other</strong> <strong>Considerations</strong> – Heritage I.5

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